Trade Winds
Cairngorm Brewery in Aviemore, Highland, Scotland π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ
Wheat Ale Regular|
Score
6.36
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Award winning new recipe. A light golden colour with a high proportion of wheat and corn giving it a clean fresh taste on top of which there is masses of hop, fruit and citrus flavours with elderflower on the nose.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Sainsburys. Deep gold with next to no head and slight carbonation. Sweet malt, fruit and grassy hop aroma. Bready malt flavour, with a touch of roastiness, juicy hops and a decent dry finish. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2008
at 10:52
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle: Golden, lacing off-white head; fruity (peaches) and hoppy nose; moderate sweet-bitter flavour, light to medium bodied; grapefruity traces and a good dash of herbal hops in the long lasting fibish. A very pleasant thirst-quencher.....
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Mar 2008
at 10:41
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
(bottle) Almost clear, pale golden colour with a medium-sized, slowly lacing blond foamy head. Light-sweet and minimal acidic flowery and complex fruity (peach, grape fruit) hoppy nose. Light-bitter flavour, light bodied with a soft carbonation. Malty, minimal wheaty taste with rather restrained fruity notes; dry and moderately bitter, slightly fruity (grape fruits) and slightly woody hoppy finish (05.03.08).
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Mar 2008
at 16:20
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Bottle 50 cl) Clear golden with a lively, off-white head leaving laces. Very pleasant aroma of elder flowers and perhaps some honey. Medium body with lightly sweet, pale malts, fruit and elder flower. The finish is dry with a subdued bitterness. Extremely fresh summer quencher. 190208
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Feb 2008
at 11:30
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask @ Warrington Oktoberfest. Blonde coloured ale. Fresh, fruity aroma. Great balance of fruitiness and grains results in a smooth easy drinking beer that has fruit mixed in with the delicate hop flavour.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Oct 2007
at 14:52
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
(Cask at GBBF, London, 8 Aug 2007) Pale orange, almost brass colour with brief white head. Fruity nose with notes of citrus, grapefruit and toffee. Fruity taste with citrus, hints of grapefruit, apricots, toffee and delicate citrussy hops in the finish. Balanced and easy to drink. Tasty session beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Sep 2007
at 08:13
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottled at Monkβs CafΓ©, Stockholm. Clear deep golden, fairly rich head. Perfumy aroma of lemon and elderflower. Dryish with light-medium body. Crisp and juicy with loads of elderflower flavour and notes of vanilla. Lightly salty finish with low bitterness. Well balanced and drinkable. Good blonde ale! --- Beer merged from original tick of Trade Winds (Cask) on 03 Dec 2009 at 03:42 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5. Original review text: Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm. Hazy straw colour. Orangey nose with bready yeast behind. Dry, minerally and grassy. Freshly hoppy and slim bodied, soft and pleasant. Growing late bitterness with resiny undertones. Top stuff!
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 May 2007
at 16:36
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Half pint on gravity served at room temperature and found well kept at The St Albans Beer Festival. Golden body with a low layer of foam. Aroma of citrus and red berries. Moderate fruitiness in taste with hints of strawberries, sweet caramel and malt. Lingering bitter end (27.09.2006).
Tried
on 18 Oct 2006
at 01:29
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ GBBF 2006. Hazy yellow colour with a small white head. Floral hoppy citrus aroma with some hints of elderflower. Sweet malty fruity citrus flavor with elderflower. Dry fruity slightly bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Aug 2006
at 07:12
6.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask@Northern Bar, Edinburgh. Pale yellow, creamy off-white head. Sweetish and honeyish hoppy nose. Starts watery and a sweet fruity. Then very good grassy hoppy flavor, which even multiplies in the aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Jul 2006
at 16:48